Node Operations Articles

Bitcoin Core 0.18 joinpsbts guide covering distinct PSBTs, disjoint inputs, combined outputs, signature dropping, fee review, privacy and safe coordination.

Bitcoin Core 0.18 getrpcinfo guide covering its sparse versioned contract, active command timing, observability limits, access control, sampling and incident use.

Bitcoin Core 0.18 getreceivedbylabel guide covering label-based cumulative BTC receipts, minimum confirmations, default labels, wallet routing and reconciliation.

Bitcoin Core 0.18 getnodeaddresses guide covering bounded address-manager samples, timestamps, service flags, endpoints, privacy, bootstrap use and validation.

Bitcoin Core 0.18 getdescriptorinfo guide covering canonical public descriptors, ranged and solvable flags, private-key detection, checksums, versioning and safety.

Bitcoin Core 0.18 deriveaddresses guide covering fixed and ranged output descriptors, xpub and xprv paths, checksums, range bounds, network identity and privacy.

Bitcoin Core 0.18 analyzepsbt guide covering per-input UTXO, finality and missing data, next PSBT roles, conditional fee estimates and safe diagnostics.

Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 guide covering mining, RPC exposure, systemd paths, PSBT and descriptor RPCs, removed APIs, wallet caveats and rollback testing.

Lightning Liquidity Explained made simple. See the main facts, costs, risks and practical checks before you make a decision.

BIP 324 encrypted transport explained for mining nodes: understand the v2 handshake, traffic confidentiality, authentication limits and deployment checks.

BIP 155 addrv2 guide covering network IDs, variable address lengths, Tor v3 and I2P relay, sendaddrv2 negotiation, limits and privacy-aware validation.

Bitcoin Core 0.17.1 guide covering label behaviour, wallet and PSBT fixes, network hardening, upgrade and downgrade boundaries, testing and rollback.